Compass Group Leads Bond Market;
Japanese Government Bonds Climb

LONDON -- A number of new corporate issues breathed life into the Eurobond market Wednesday, led by offerings from Compass Group, Petronas Gas and a slew of financial companies.

Compass, a United Kingdom food-services group, offered &pound;200 million ($290 million or &euro;321.2 million) of 10-year bonds at 1.05 percentage points over U.K. government bonds. It also offered &euro;600 million ($541.6 million) of seven-year...